CVAT Toolkit
A simple Python package for reading CVAT (Computer Vision Annotation Tool) annotation files.
Features
- Read CVAT annotations from XML or ZIP files
- Parse Polygons, Bounding Boxes, and Masks
- Filter by label or image name
- Clean, typed API
Requirements
- Python >= 3.8
- numpy >= 1.20.0
Installation
pip install -e .
Quick Start
from cvatkit import CvatReader
# Load annotations (XML or ZIP)
reader = CvatReader("annotations.xml")
# Print summary
print(reader)
# Get polygons filtered by label
polygons = reader.get_polygons(label="collapse")
# Access polygon data
for polygon in polygons:
print(f"Image: {polygon.image_name}")
print(f"Points: {polygon.points}") # numpy array (N, 2)
print(f"Attributes: {polygon.attributes}")
Examples
See demo.ipynb for complete examples including:
- Reading from XML and ZIP files
- Working with polygons, boxes, and masks
- Filtering by label and image name
- Using iterators for large datasets
- Getting statistics and summaries
License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
1 maintainer
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